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[newzolt]

some interesting facts:
The 3 most valuable brand names on earth are:-
Malboro, Coca-Cola and Budweiser - in that order.

Humans are the only primates that don't have pigment in the palms of their hands.

The sentence "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog." uses every letter in the alphabet.

The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable.

No word in the English dictionary rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no-one knows why.

Months that begin on a Sunday will always have a "Friday the 13th."

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is screeched.

Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.

A pack-a-day smoker will on average lose 2 teeth, every 10 years.

When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop...even your heart.

Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than the rest of the day.

.......and some more.......






The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred
and Wilma Flintstone.

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Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than the US Treasury.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Men can read smaller
print than women can; women can hear better.

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Coca-Cola was originally green.

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It is impossible to lick your elbow.

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The state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska

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The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28%

( now get this...)

The percentage of North America that is wilderness: 38%

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The cost of raising a medium-size dog to the age of eleven:

$6,400

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The average number of people airborne over the US any given hour:

61,000

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Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.

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The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in

1910.

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The youngest pope was 11 years old.

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The first novel ever written on a typewriter: Tom Sawyer.

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Those San Francisco Cable cars are the only mobile National

Monuments.

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Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades - King David,

Hearts - Charlemagne,

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

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If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.

If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

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Only two people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, John Hancock and Charles Thomson. Most of the rest signed on August 2, but the last signature wasn't added until 5 years later.

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Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.

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Q. What occurs more often in December than any other month?

A. Conception.

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Q. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what?

A. Their birthplace

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Q. Most boat owners name their boats. What is the most popular boat name
requested?

A. Obsession

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Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

A. One thousand

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Q. What do bulletproof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, and laser printers all have in common?

A. All invented by women.

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Q. What is the only food that doesn't spoil?

A. Honey

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Q. There are more collect calls on this day than any other day of the year?

A. Father's Day

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Q. What trivia fact about Mel Blanc (voice of Bugs Bunny) is the most ironic?

A. He was allergic to carrots.

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Q. What is an activity performed by 40% of all people at a party?

A. Snoop in your medicine cabinet.

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In Shakespeare's time, mattresses were secured on bed frames by ropes.

When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed firmer to sleep on. Hence the phrase "goodnight, sleep tight."

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It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.

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In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender would yell at them mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. It's where we get the phrase "mind your P's and Q's"

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Many years ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim or handle of their ceramic cups. When they needed refill, they used the whistle to get some service. "Wet your whistle" is he phrase inspired by this practice.

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In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.



~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~

At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

 

[Ritwik]

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

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111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.

If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

Very interesting. Nice post Newzolt

And yeah, I tried to lick my elbow.

EDIT: Shifted to general forum.

 

[andrew_nixon]

A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no-one knows why.

Not true. See: http://www.snopes.com/critters/wild/duckecho.htm

The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred
and Wilma Flintstone.

False. See: http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/marykay.htm

Coca-Cola was originally green.

False. See: http://www.snopes.com/cokelore/green.asp

Each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history:

Spades - King David,

Hearts - Charlemagne,

Clubs -Alexander, the Great

Diamonds - Julius Caesar

False. See: http://www.snopes.com/history/world/cardking.htm

If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the air, the person died in battle.

If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle.

If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes.

False. See: http://www.snopes.com/military/statue.htm

It was the accepted practice in Babylon 4,000 years ago that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer and because their calendar was lunar based, this period was called the honey month we know today as the honeymoon.

There are other possible etemologies. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeymoon

In Scotland, a new game was invented. It was entitled Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden.... and thus the word GOLF entered into the English language.

False. See: http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/golf.htm

Just goes to show, you should never take what you read at face value.

 

[edgarisapimp]

DYK, in South Dakota, if 3 Native Americans are seen together in public they can be considered a war party and fired upon.

 

[tassietiger]

Q. If you were to spell out numbers, how far would you have to go until you would find the letter "A"?

A. One thousand

101 - One hundred and one
102 - One hundred and two
etc.

But some good ones there.

 

[duffarama]

You seem to be a very knowledgable and researchable man Andrew. Glad to see that you are pointing out errors and mounting arguments as usual. :cool:

 

[IloveGilly]

~~~~~~~~~~~AND FINALLY~~~~~~~~~~~~

At least 75% of people who read this will try to lick their elbow.

I'm the 25% but I don't know how 75 comes up.

But nice job newzolt Reps for teaching me new tricks

 

[andrew_nixon]

DYK, in South Dakota, if 3 Native Americans are seen together in public they can be considered a war party and fired upon.

Not true. See: http://themarigoldtrail.blogspot.com/2005/04/please-dont-shoot-indians.html

You seem to be a very knowledgable and researchable man Andrew. Glad to see that you are pointing out errors and mounting arguments as usual. :cool:

You'd be surprised just how many "facts" are actually not true.

 

[newzolt]

Andrew_nixon seems to be a very logical man with a lots of common sense.I can't stop admiring him.thumbs up to him for doing such a nice research work.I had these "facts" in my email and found them surprising so decided to share them here.
Nice job andrew_nixon.
But soon I will be coming with some well established facts with my research into them as well!

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ASTONISHING FACTS:

1) LONGEST ENGLISH WORD: Praetertranssubstantiationalistically --> has37 letters.

2) BOOK WITHOUT LETTER 'e': GADFY, written by Earnest Wright in 1939 is a 50,000+ word book, which doesn't contain a single word with 'e' in it

3) WORD WITHOUT VOWEL: RHYTHM

4) BRAIN: Organ of body which has no sensation when cut.

5) CROCODILE: Only animal & reptile which sheds tear while eating.

6) No of Alphabets, which SOUND AS WORDS: 10, They are
B Bee
C Sea
G Zee
I Eye
Q Queue
R Are
S Yes
T Tea
U You
Y Why



FASCINATING ANIMALS, BIRDS, TREES:

1) SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tounge.
2) A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.
3) DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.
4) A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tonnes of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.
5) The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.
6) The fierce DINOSAUR was TRYNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.
7) DIMETRODON was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.
8) CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.
9) The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
10) OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
11) POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.
12) KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.
13) ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
14) OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.


WHAT ARE THEY:
1) If we say 'MUMMY', they come together & go apart when we say 'DADDY': LIPS
2) What goes up & never comes down: AGE
3) Patches over patches but no stitches: CABBAGE
4) What is that we cannot see, but is always before you: FUTURE
5) What goes up & down a hill, but never moves: ROAD
6) You can never wet it: SHADOW
7) What belongs to to You, but used by your friends more often you do: YOUR NAME


IN24 HOURS AVERAGE HUMAN:
1) HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
2) LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
3) BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.
4) NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
5) HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
6) Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)
7) Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
8) Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
9) Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
10) Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
11) Speak 4,800 WORDS.
12) During SLEEP move 25.4 times.___________________________

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nb: crocodiles do cry! ref: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/cbd-faq-q6.htm

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.......and some more......
Every year , the United Nations Human Development Report looks for a new way to measure the lives of people. Putting aside faceless statistics like per capita gross domestic product or export-import figures, the report burrows into the facts about what children eat, who goes to school, whether there is clean water to drink, how women share in the economy or who doesn't get vaccinations against diseases that go on killing even though they are preventable. This year, the report takes its first look at what people have -- from simple toilets to family cars -- and what proportion of the world's goods and services are consumed, comparatively, by the rich and by the poor. The pie is huge -- the world's consumption bill is $24 trillion a year -- but some servings are very small indeed.
-Barbara Crossette

The "Have":
The richest fifth of world's people consumes 86% of all goods and services while the poorest fifth consumes just 1.3%. Indeed, the richest fifth consumes 45% of all meat and fish, 58% of all energy used and 84% of all paper, has 74% of all telephone lines and owns 87% of all vehicles.
Natural Resources:
Since 1970, the world's forests have declined from 4.4 square miles per 1,000 people to 2.8 square miles per 1,000 people. In addition, a quarter of the world's fish stocks have been depleted or are in danger of being depleted and another 44% are being fished in their biological limit.

The Ganges:
The Ganges River symbolizes purification to Hindus, who believe drinking or bathing in its waters will lead to salvation. But 29 cities, 70 towns and countless villages deposit about 345 million gallons of raw sewage a day directly into the river. Factories add 70 million gallons of industrial waste and farmer are responsible for another 6 million tons of chemical fertilizer and 9,000 tons of pesticides..

The Ultra Rich:
The three richest people in the world have assts that exceed the combined gross domestic product (GDP) of the 48 least developed countries..

Africa:
The average African household today consumes 20% less than it did 25 years ago.

The Super Rich:
The world's 225 richest individuals of whom 60 are Americans with total assets of $331 billion, have a combined wealth of over $1 trillion equal to the annual income of the poorest 47% of the entire world's population.

Cosmetics and Education:
Americans spend $8 billion a year on cosmetics; $2 billion more than the estimated annual total needed to provide basic education for everyone in the world.

The "Have Not":
Of the 4.4 billion people in developing countries nearly three-fifths lack access to safe sewers, a third have no access to clean water, a quarter do not have adequate housing and a fifth have no access to modern health services of any kind.

The Future:
By year 2050, 8 billion of the world's projected 8,5 billion people -- up from about 6 billion today -- will be living in developing countries.

Smoke:
Of the estimated 2.7 million annual deaths from air pollution, 2.2 million are from indoor pollution -- including smoke from dung and wood burned as fuel which is more harmful than tobacco smoke, 80% of the victims are rural poor in developing countries.

Wristwatches and Radios:
Two thirds of India's 90 million lowest-income household live below the poverty line -- but more than 50% of these impoverished people own wristwatches, 41% own bicycles, 31% own radios and 13% own fans.
Telephone Lines:
Sweden and the United States have 681 and 626 telephone lines per 1,000 people, respectively. Afghanistan, Cambodia, Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo have one line per 1,000 people.

Ice Cream and Water:
Europeans spend $11 billion a year on ice cream -- $2 billion more than the estimated annual total needed to provide clean water and safe sewers for the world's population.

Aids:
At the end of 1997 over 30 million people were living with HIV. With about 16,000 new infections a day -- 90% in developing countries -- it is now estimated that more than 40 million people will be living with HIV in 2000.
Land Mines:
More than 110 million active land mines are scattered in 68 countries with an equal number stockpiled around the world. Every month more than 2,000 people are killed or maimed by mine explosions.

Pet Food and Health:
Americans and Europeans spend $17 billion a year on pet food -- $4 billion more than the estimated annual additional total needed to provide basic and nutrition for everyone in the world.

$40 Billion a Year:
It is estimated that the additional cost of achieving and maintained universal access to basic education for all, basic health care for all, reproductive health care for all women, adequate food for all and clean water and safe sewers for all is roughly $40 billion a year -- or less than 4% of the combined wealth of the 225 riches people in the world.

source:http://members.tripod.com/goklassen/websectors/facts/factast.htm

 

[duffarama]

Andrew_nixon seems to be a very logical man with a lots of common sense.I can't stop admiring him.thumbs up to him for doing such a nice research work.I had these "facts" in my email and found them surprising so decided to share them here.
Nice job andrew_nixon.
But soon I will be coming with some well established facts with my research into them as well!

**************************
ASTONISHING FACTS:

1) LONGEST ENGLISH WORD: Praetertranssubstantiationalistically --> has37 letters.

2) BOOK WITHOUT LETTER 'e': GADFY, written by Earnest Wright in 1939 is a 50,000+ word book, which doesn't contain a single word with 'e' in it

3) WORD WITHOUT VOWEL: RHYTHM

4) BRAIN: Organ of body which has no sensation when cut.

5) CROCODILE: Only animal & reptile which sheds tear while eating.

6) No of Alphabets, which SOUND AS WORDS: 10, They are
B Bee
C Sea
G Zee
I Eye
Q Queue
R Are
S Yes
T Tea
U You
Y Why



FASCINATING ANIMALS, BIRDS, TREES:

1) SNAILS have 14175 teeth laid along 135 rows on their tounge.
2) A BUTTERFLY has 12,000 eyes.
3) DOLPHINS sleep with 1 eye open.
4) A BLUE WHALE can eat as much as 3 tonnes of food everyday, but at the same time can live without food for 6 months.
5) The EARTH has over 12,00,000 species of animals, 3,00,000 species of plants & 1,00,000 other species.
6) The fierce DINOSAUR was TRYNOSAURS which has sixty long & sharp teeth, used to attack & eat other dinosaurs.
7) DIMETRODON was a mammal like REPTILE with a snail on its back. This acted as a radiator to cool the body of the animal.
8) CASSOWARY is one of the dangerous BIRD, that can kill a man or animal by tearing off with its dagger like claw.
9) The SWAN has over 25,000 feathers in its body.
10) OSTRICH eats pebbles to help digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
11) POLAR BEAR can look clumsy & slow but during chase on ice, can reach 25 miles / hr of speed.
12) KIWIS are the only birds, which hunt by sense of smell.
13) ELEPHANT teeth can weigh as much as 9 pounds.
14) OWL is the only bird, which can rotate its head to 270 degrees.


WHAT ARE THEY:
1) If we say 'MUMMY', they come together & go apart when we say 'DADDY': LIPS
2) What goes up & never comes down: AGE
3) Patches over patches but no stitches: CABBAGE
4) What is that we cannot see, but is always before you: FUTURE
5) What goes up & down a hill, but never moves: ROAD
6) You can never wet it: SHADOW
7) What belongs to to You, but used by your friends more often you do: YOUR NAME


IN24 HOURS AVERAGE HUMAN:
1) HEART beats 1,03,689 times.
2) LUNGS respire 23,045 times.
3) BLOOD flows 16,80,000 miles.
4) NAILS grow 0.00007 inches
5) HAIR grows 0.01715 inches
6) Take 2.9 pounds WATER (including all liquids)
7) Take of 3.25 pounds FOOD.
8) Breathe 438 cubic feet AIR.
9) Lose 85.60, BODY TEMPERATURE.
10) Produce 1.43 pints SWEAT.
11) Speak 4,800 WORDS.
12) During SLEEP move 25.4 times.___________________________

********************
nb: crocodiles do cry! ref: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/cnhc/cbd-faq-q6.htm

********************

.......and some more......
Every year , the United Nations Human Development Report looks for a new way to measure the lives of people. Putting aside faceless statistics like per capita gross domestic product or export-import figures, the report burrows into the facts about what children eat, who goes to school, whether there is clean water to drink, how women share in the economy or who doesn't get vaccinations against diseases that go on killing even though they are preventable. This year, the report takes its first look at what people have -- from simple toilets to family cars -- and what proportion of the world's goods and services are consumed, comparatively, by the rich and by the poor. The pie is huge -- the world's consumption bill is $24 trillion a year -- but some servings are very small indeed.
-Barbara Crossette

The "Have":
The richest fifth of world's people consumes 86% of all goods and services while the poorest fifth consumes just 1.3%. Indeed, the richest fifth consumes 45% of all meat and fish, 58% of all energy used and 84% of all paper, has 74% of all telephone lines and owns 87% of all vehicles.
Natural Resources:
Since 1970, the world's forests have declined from 4.4 square miles per 1,000 people to 2.8 square miles per 1,000 people. In addition, a quarter of the world's fish stocks have been depleted or are in danger of being depleted and another 44% are being fished in their biological limit.

The Ganges:
The Ganges River symbolizes purification to Hindus, who believe drinking or bathing in its waters will lead to salvation. But 29 cities, 70 towns and countless villages deposit about 345 million gallons of raw sewage a day directly into the river. Factories add 70 million gallons of industrial waste and farmer are responsible for another 6 million tons of chemical fertilizer and 9,000 tons of pesticides..

The Ultra Rich:
The three richest people in the world have assts that exceed the combined gross domestic product (GDP) of the 48 least developed countries..

Africa:
The average African household today consumes 20% less than it did 25 years ago.

The Super Rich:
The world's 225 richest individuals of whom 60 are Americans with total assets of $331 billion, have a combined wealth of over $1 trillion equal to the annual income of the poorest 47% of the entire world's population.

Cosmetics and Education:
Americans spend $8 billion a year on cosmetics; $2 billion more than the estimated annual total needed to provide basic education for everyone in the world.

The "Have Not":
Of the 4.4 billion people in developing countries nearly three-fifths lack access to safe sewers, a third have no access to clean water, a quarter do not have adequate housing and a fifth have no access to modern health services of any kind.

The Future:
By year 2050, 8 billion of the world's projected 8,5 billion people -- up from about 6 billion today -- will be living in developing countries.

Smoke:
Of the estimated 2.7 million annual deaths from air pollution, 2.2 million are from indoor pollution -- including smoke from dung and wood burned as fuel which is more harmful than tobacco smoke, 80% of the victims are rural poor in developing countries.

Wristwatches and Radios:
Two thirds of India's 90 million lowest-income household live below the poverty line -- but more than 50% of these impoverished people own wristwatches, 41% own bicycles, 31% own radios and 13% own fans.
Telephone Lines:
Sweden and the United States have 681 and 626 telephone lines per 1,000 people, respectively. Afghanistan, Cambodia, Chad and the Democratic Republic of Congo have one line per 1,000 people.
I
ce Cream and Water:
Europeans spend $11 billion a year on ice cream -- $2 billion more than the estimated annual total needed to provide clean water and safe sewers for the world's population.

Aids:
At the end of 1997 over 30 million people were living with HIV. With about 16,000 new infections a day -- 90% in developing countries -- it is now estimated that more than 40 million people will be living with HIV in 2000.
Land Mines:
More than 110 million active land mines are scattered in 68 countries with an equal number stockpiled around the world. Every month more than 2,000 people are killed or maimed by mine explosions.

Pet Food and Health:
Americans and Europeans spend $17 billion a year on pet food -- $4 billion more than the estimated annual additional total needed to provide basic and nutrition for everyone in the world.

$40 Billion a Year:
It is estimated that the additional cost of achieving and maintained universal access to basic education for all, basic health care for all, reproductive health care for all women, adequate food for all and clean water and safe sewers for all is roughly $40 billion a year -- or less than 4% of the combined wealth of the 225 riches people in the world.

source:http://members.tripod.com/goklassen/websectors/facts/factast.htm

I'll count on Andrew to check all of those for you.
I'm sure most of them arn't as innacurate as last time!

 

[newzolt]

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Assorted Facts about the World

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Assorted Facts about the World on June 6, 2005.

Things you probably never wondered about, but now you know.

The longest one-syllable word in the English language is "screeched."

Barbie's measurements if she were life size: 39-23-33.

Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."

In most advertisements, including newspapers, the time displayed on a watch is 10:10.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

When the University of Nebraska Cornhuskers play football at home, the stadium becomes the state's third largest city.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "Its A Wonderful Life."

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.

The male gypsy moth can "smell" the virgin female gypsy moth from 1.8 miles away.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes.

There are 336 dimples on a regulation golf ball.

To "testify" was based on men in the Roman court swearing to a statement made by swearing on their testicles.

A dime has 118 ridges around the edge.

A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.

A crocodile cannot stick out its tongue.

A dragonfly has a life span of 24 hours.

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.

A "mill" is a thousandth of dollar or a tenth of a cent.

A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.

A snail can sleep for three years.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill.

Almonds are a member of the peach family.

An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.

Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.

Butterflies taste with their feet.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds. Dogs only have about 10.

"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt".

February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon.

In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.

If the population of China walked past you, in single file, the line would never end because of their rate of population growth, as of this time.

If you are an average American, in your whole life, you will spend an average of 6 months waiting at red lights.

It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open.

Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.

Maine is the only state whose name is just one syllable.

No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite.

Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.

"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right.

The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.

The cruise liner, QE2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.

The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.

The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet.

The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.

The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes).

There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar.

There are more chickens than people in the world.

There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous

There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious."

There's no Betty Rubble in the Flintstones Chewables Vitamins.

Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Women blink nearly twice as much as men.

Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks; otherwise it will digest itself.

The longest place-name still in use is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwenuakitanatahu-- a New Zealand hill.


source: http://www.doyletics.com/tidbits/facts.htm

 

[Sureshot]

5) CROCODILE: Only animal & reptile which sheds tear while eating.

I'd like to know how that research was done.

 

[duffarama]

I'd like to know how that research was done.

I'd like to know if the website that he's getting all this information from is actually reliable! :cool:

 

[andrew_nixon]

Los Angeles's full name is "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula" and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size, "L.A."

It was it's name when California was part of Mexico, but it's current full name is "City of Los Angeles"

On an American one-dollar bill, there is an owl in the upper left-hand corner of the "1" encased in the "shield" and a spider hidden in the front upper right-hand corner.

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:US_$1_obverse.jpg

People shouldn't believe crazy conspiracy theorists.

In England, the Speaker of the House is not allowed to speak.

That's so untrue, it's laughable. He HAS to speak, or he couldn't do his job. Just watch coverage of the Commons for a while.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

May or may not be true. See: http://www.snopes.com/language/literary/oz.htm

A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.

False. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldfish#Behaviour

On a Canadian two dollar bill, the flag flying over the Parliament building is an American flag.

False. See: http://www.snopes.com/business/money/redensign.asp

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

False. See: http://www.snopes.com/history/world/churchill.asp

One interesting fact: The latest edition of the Oxford English Dictionary misses out the word "gullible".

 

[IloveGilly]

Some of these aren't really believeable, but the ones that are, do seem a interesting.